VOD vs. PINS, WDC, HPE, GIB, ASX, TME, PTC, NTAP, SNAP, and NOK
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include Pinterest (PINS), Western Digital (WDC), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), CGI (GIB), ASE Technology (ASX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), PTC (PTC), NetApp (NTAP), Snap (SNAP), and Nokia Oyj (NOK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Vodafone Group Public (NASDAQ:VOD) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Pinterest had 81 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 83 mentions for Pinterest and 2 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Pinterest's score of 0.67 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pinterest has a net margin of 4.64% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 0.00%. Pinterest's return on equity of 5.93% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Pinterest.
Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus target price of $14.45, suggesting a potential upside of 67.63%. Pinterest has a consensus target price of $40.82, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Pinterest.
7.8% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Pinterest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vodafone Group Public received 951 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 49.79% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.
Summary
Pinterest beats Vodafone Group Public on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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